| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 218 pages) |
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Cambridge companions to culture |
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Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to culture
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
True relation: the life and career of Ben Jonson / Sara van den Berg -- Jonson's London and its theatres / Martin Butler -- Jonson and the court / Leah S. Marcus -- Ben Jonson and learning / R.V. Young -- Jonson's satiric styles / Richard Dutton -- The major comedies / David Bevington -- Jonson's late plays / Richard Harp -- Jonson and Shakespeare and the rhythm of verse / Russ McDonald -- Jonson's poetry / Ian Donaldson -- Jonson and the arts / Stephen Orgel -- Ben Jonson's folio of 1616 / James A. Riddell -- Jonson's classicism / John Mulryan -- Jonson's criticism / Stanley Stewart -- Jonson's critical heritage / Robert C. Evans |
| Summary |
Ben Jonson is, in many ways, the figure of greatest centrality to literary study of the Elizabethan and Jacobean period. He wrote in virtually every literary genre: in drama, comedy, tragedy and masque; in poetry, epigram, epistle and lyric; in prose, literary criticism and English grammar. He became the most visible poet of his age, honored more than even William Shakespeare, and his dramatic works, in particular his major comedies, continue to be performed today. This Companion brings together leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic to provide an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Jonson's life and works. It represents an invaluable guide to current critical perspectives, providing generous coverage not only of his plays but also his non-dramatic works. The volume is informed by the latest development in Jonson scholarship and will therefore appeal to scholars and teachers as well as newcomers to his work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Jonson, Ben, 1573-1637. |
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast (OCoLC)fst00053328 |
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Jonson, Ben. |
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Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Harp, Richard
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Stewart, Stanley, 1931-
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Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
1139000152 |
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9781139000154 |
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